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Originally Posted by ardeegee
At my peak of DVD buying in the early years of the format, I had maybe between 200 and 300 of them (many of which have been given away or resold, back when used DVDs were still valuable.) Now, I probably have under 200 (with box sets counted as one.) But that number pales in comparison to what I have in Xvid/Divx files-- a 25 mb/s connection means a near-DVD quality 700 MB Divx in less than 4 minutes.
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The failure of recording and publishing companies to come to terms with modern technology is quite sad and an opportunity missed I believe.
I have also begun to download my movies and the only reason is convenience, I would happily pay for them but no one will supply in a practical manner. They could increase viewership substantially and make millions on the release of films online but they refuse. A brief ad could comfortably be inserted at the beginning without bothering people instead they tend to waste that space for lectures on the DVD format at least.
I can only assuage my consience by having payed for subscription tv for almost all of the movies I have downloaded.